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(Defining middle aged as "40+"; not counting immortal or slower-aging characters whose apparent / equivalent age is below human middle age; some estimation required.)

A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher

Into the Riverlands by Nghi Vo

The Art of Prophecy by Wesley Chu

Murder by Memory by Olivia Waite

The Village Library Demon Hunting Society by C.M. Waggoner

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi by Shannon Chakraborty

The Keeper's Six by Kate Elliott

The Bone Maker by Sarah Beth Durst

Honorable mention goes to Swordheart by T. Kingfisher bc it's a fantastic, hilarious book, but I think the female lead is in her 30's; the misogyny that goes into the people around her treating her like an old maid is part of the story.

In the United States the average native-born citizen can prove their definitive citizenship in terms of eligibility for work through either a birth certificate or a passport. Birth certificates are legally owned and issued by the government of the state you are born in.

I was born in Texas. Texas has banned trans people from changing our birth certificates to match our name and gender. Texas will put me on a list if I reveal I am trans in any legal way, including having ever applied to change my gender marker. I cannot change my birth certificate.

This means the only way I can prove my eligibility for work is with my passport. Without my passport, I can’t legally apply for work.

That is why the executive order banning trans people from changing our passports to match our gender identity is such a huge problem. It’s not boo hoo I can’t leave the country to go on vacation, it’s stripping me of my labor rights and daring me to work in a sweat shop if I want to survive.

And say I did want to cross the border because oh, I don’t know, fleeing to seek asylum in a new country suddenly becomes very important—wouldn’t it be a good idea to have a passport that matches my identification to show local authorities, so they don’t deport me back to America?

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